List all universities known to YÖKATLAS (≈221 entries).
AI agents call list_universities to retrieve information from YOKATLAS API MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool simply retrieves and enumerates existing data about Turkish universities without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read-only query with minimal risk. The low severity reflects that listing public educational institution data poses no security or operational risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_universities' and description 'List all universities' indicates a retrieval operation with no side effects. Returns a static list of ~221 entries from YÖKATLAS database.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_universities gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and YOKATLAS API MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_universities:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_universities": {}
}
}list_universities is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all universities known to YÖKATLAS (≈221 entries). It is categorised as a Read tool in the YOKATLAS API MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the YOKATLAS API MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_universities: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches YOKATLAS API MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_universities is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the list_universities rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for list_universities. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
list_universities is provided by the YOKATLAS API MCP Server MCP server (saidsurucu/yokatlas-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 4 YOKATLAS API MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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4 YOKATLAS API MCP Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.